Re: OT: Official language post

 --- BP Jonsson skrzypszy:

> Have a go:
Hmmmpf. Difficult. I have tried something similar with Danish, and that was
easier. It was also difficult not to consult the three or four Swedish
dictionaries I have here ;) , but there I succeeded, at least.

What I am coming up with is not the result of analysis; instead, I tried to be
as spontaneous as I can in my answers. Much is guesswork. Nevertheless, it
would have been helpful if I had known the meaning of the words "som", "fick"
(not the same as in German I hope, naughty boy! ;)) )...

> Jag började med mer eller mindre originella konstruerade språk redan som
> barn.
I (...) to speak [?] a more or less original constructed language that I built.

> Först namn på personer och platser i berättelser som jag skrev.
First I have written the names of persons, places and objects [?].

> Med tiden fick namnen betydelser, så att mina "språk" på sätt och vis
> fick substantiv och adjektiv.
With time the number of nouns grew [??], and so, except for a large number of
substantives, my "language" had also adjectives.

> På gymnasiet hade jag en latin-lärare som var esperantist.
At the gymnasium I had a Latin-teacher who was an Esperantist.

> Detta fick intresset att blossa upp en tid, men riktigt intresserad blev
> jag först när jag fick tillgång till Internet.
She woke up my interest for a while, but my real interest came only after I had
gotten access to the Internet.
[First I had something like: "That f*cking interest can flourish for a while",
but that didn't seem to make sense in the context, no... ;) ]

Well, how does that sound?

Jan

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